UNESCO invites Member States and regional and international organizations professional and non-governmental organizations working in the field of journalism and freedom of expression to nominate candidates for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
As stipulated in the Regulations, the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize is intended "to honour – a person, organization or institution that has made a notable contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, especially if this involved risk.
Chinese journalist Cheng Yizhong was named as the laureate of the 2005 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize by UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura, on the recommendation of an independent jury of media professionals from all over the world.
Awarded annually, the Prize consists of an object symbolizing the award and the sum of US$25,000. It is named in honour of the Colombian journalist who died in the exercise of his profession and it will be presenting on 3 May 2006, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day.
Nominations for the Prize should be submitted by using a form, which should be duly filled out in English or French and returned by 31 October 2005 at the latest.
Contact: Sylvie Coudray at s.coudray@unesco.org
